Why Catholics should be libertarian

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Free is Beautiful: Why Catholics should be libertarian

PART I – Chapter One: What is libertarianism?| The moral basis of libertarianism | The non-aggression principle | The Golden Rule | Doing evil that good may result | A libertarian view of politics | A libertarian society | [Download]

Chapter Two: Catholicism and Liberty|God gave us free will | If God gave us freedom, shall men take it away? | Do we own ourselves? | Government, authority and the common good | The people determine how they should be governed | Duty to the existing government | St Paul Tweaks the Emperor’s nose | The right to change the existing government | Rights and the common good | Negative rights & positive rights | Man is before the state: the principle of subsidiarity | Government by aggression is unjust government | St Augustine: Unjust government is robbery [Download]

Chapter Three: The Church, Property, and the Free Market|Origin of Private Property | Tragedy of the Commons | Thou shall not steal | Duty to help the poor: charity or force? | The Free Market | A Just Price | A Just Wage | The Minimum Wage [Download]

Chapter Four: Liberty and the Right to Life The Catholic Church and Abortion | Libertarians and Abortion | A libertarian Debate: Murray Rothbard vs. Fr. James Sadowsky |[Download]

Chapter Five: Liberty and the Criminal Law | Ignorance of the law is no excuse | Thomas Aquinas: Should all vices be crimes? | What should be criminal? | St. Augustine: Divine Providence and the problem of evil [Download]

Chapter Nine: More Libertarian Solutions | Land use & resources | Pollution & the environment | The post office & other government “services” | Radio, TV & the FCC | US Food & Drug Administration | What about discrimination laws? | Marriage laws | What about national defense? | The mother of all guerrilla wars | How it might work & who pays? | [Download]

Chapter Ten: Transitioning to Liberty | | Caring for the poor without government | Will charitable giving be enough? | The power of mutual benefit associations | Preparing for liberty | Rejecting participation in government aggression [Download]